Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:24

11:24

۞ مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

mathalu l-farīqayni kal-aʿmā wal-aṣami wal-baṣīri wal-samīʿi hal yastawiyāni mathalan afalā tadhakkarūna

The example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?

— Saheeh International

These two groups are like the blind and the deaf as compared with those who can see and hear well: can they be alike? How can you not take heed?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The likeness of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal when compared? Will you not then take heed?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

۞ مَثَلُmathalu(The) example
ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqayni(of) the two parties
كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰkal-aʿmā(is) like the blind
وَٱلْأَصَمِّwal-aṣamiand the deaf
وَٱلْبَصِيرِwal-baṣīriand the seer
وَٱلسَّمِيعِۚwal-samīʿiand the hearer
هَلْhalAre
يَسْتَوِيَانِyastawiyānithey equal
مَثَلًاۚmathalan(in) comparison
أَفَلَاafalāThen, will not
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou take heed